Events in November

We get to know the “beauty pioneer” Helena Rubinstein at Museum Judenplatz and then walk with her through the Jewish Museum at Dorotheergasse 11. Naturally we meet Jewish woman and men, who consult Madame Rubinstein: a suncream for Gustav Mahler? A cleansing fluid for Hilde Spiel and Eugenie Schwarzwald here? A new aftershave for the famous cantor Salomon Sulzer? Lipstick for the operetta star Fritzi Massary? But in which color? One can be curious about Madame Rubinstein’s tips—and about a funny approach to Viennese Jewish history. In the atelier we design chic packaging for the beauty products …More

In search of the world of yesterday, the first-person narrator, who only knows Europe from hearsay, travels with a group of Jewish Brazilian youth to a kibbutz in Israel in the 1970s to learn something about the history of his ancestors and the country.More

At 5 pm on Wednesday, November 9, we will be observing a minute’s silence in memory of the victims of the organized violence against the Jews on November 9 and 10, 1938. This pogrom marked the start of the exclusion and systematic persecution of Jewish citizens, leading up to the Shoah.More

The superstar Elvis Presley had a very cool private secretary, Trude Forsher from Vienna. Our exhibition first shows you the exciting family story of the Forshers and a lot of photos of Trude and Elvis. There is music, of course, too, and all of this inspires us to take a special museum tour: What would Elvis like very much here and what would Trude want to show him by all means? Where would the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll live and which beverage would he order? We make a particularly creative souvenir for Elvis out of all of this—as a memento of Vienna.More

Using the Mittersteig Treatment Facility in Vienna as an example, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Josef Grünberger demonstrates in his book how forensic psychodiagnostics and psychotherapy can be applied and implemented in the penal system.More

In 2015, the American artist Andrew Mezvinsky created the video installation “Wise Stones Falling into a Sea of Doubt” for the exhibition “The University—a Combat Zone.” Now it will become a part of the permanent exhibition at the Museum Judenplatz.More

You always wanted to open your own shop and sell your terrific, self-made items? Then you’re at the right place in the Jewish Museum Vienna! A whole exhibition about women and men who founded their own department stores is running here. During a tour we get to know the department store owners better and afterwards you open your own business! That means designing, crafting, building and, naturally, advertising also has to be created for your goods—all of this will be your job! An active afternoon full of creative tasks awaits you.More